Dr. Yung received his M.B. Ch.B. from the University of Liverpool in 1986 and completed a residency in internal medicine at Sinai Hospital in Detroit. He joined the faculty at the University of Michigan in 1994, and rose through the ranks to professor in 2009. Dr. Yung is chief of the Division of Geriatric and Palliative Medicine, Director of the Institute of Gerontology, and Director of the Geriatrics Center.